Peanut Free and Nut Free

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Peanut Allergy Statistics

Reliable peanut allergy statistics are not that easy to come by. There is a lot of available research on food allergies in general but not too many studies have been done on peanut allergy alone.

The internet is littered with hair-raising numbers about peanut allergy and other nut allergies but close examination may reveal that these peanut allergy statistics have been extrapolated or taken from studies with non-representative sample sizes.

Whether you think that prevalent peanut allergy statistics overstate or understate the problem, the important things to remember are:

Peanut allergy is a very real problem with a potentially fatal reaction

From 2004 to 2006, there were an average of 9,537 hospital discharges per year with a diagnosis related to food allergy among children 0 to 17 years. (CDC/NCHS Study, "Food Allergy Among U.S. Children...")